Resolution number
5
Whereas
- Countries interpret the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees on the basis of widely differing standards and criteria;
- CIC is inconsistent in its policy in interpreting what constitutes a durable solution;
Therefore be it resolved
That the CCR:
- Affirm that persons in signatory states, including states with refugee determination systems, should continue to be eligible for consideration for refugee resettlement to Canada, regardless of the status or result of the refugee application;
- Write to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and request that the Regulations be amended to specify that temporary protection and eligibility for future refugee determination do not constitute a durable solution and that a policy directive be issued in the interim stating that "durable solution" be interpreted in this way.
Subject
Working Group
Overseas Protection and Resettlement